as in pointless
having no meaning
this argument over seating arrangements is an utterly meaningless bit of nonsense
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Recent Examples of meaningless
My worry is that AI use becomes ubiquitous enough that the label becomes meaningless—like saying a house was built with a pneumatic brad nailer versus a hammer.
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
To some critics, videos like these are an annoyance that clutter up people's feeds, and fill the online landscape with low-effort or meaningless content.
—John Ruwitch, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
In such circumstances, continuing this interactive process would be meaningless.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
The internet propels you into all of this meaningless, trivial BS, right?
—Lucy Handley, Big Think, 25 Aug. 2025
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
To some critics, videos like these are an annoyance that clutter up people's feeds, and fill the online landscape with low-effort or meaningless content.
—John Ruwitch, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
In such circumstances, continuing this interactive process would be meaningless.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
The internet propels you into all of this meaningless, trivial BS, right?
—Lucy Handley, Big Think, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meaningless
Adjective
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Facts felt like pointless things, and the best way to love someone is to not look away from their pain.—
Sarah Adler
September 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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The rest are kind of pointless.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There’s no denying that catfish noodling is an absurd sport.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
11 Sep. 2025
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Barely any other media in recent times has given me an instant shock of glee or revulsion like this absurd anarcho-cartoon being stretched and squeezed to its most grotesque and wholesome clickbait limits.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The recent rash of CEOs Gone Wild is arguably even stupider than commonplace fraud, and a troubling sign that there continues to be a slippery slope of accountability for C-Suite leadership.—
Ian Chaffee,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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The accounts team logs in right on time, and the stupid dance of platitudes that precedes every meeting at every company around the world begins.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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How dare your family care so much about inane Mother’s Day festivities?—
Liana Finck,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
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The latest irritant to cross our paths is the inane newest tinkering with the digital subscription.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Many kids find repeating these phrases satisfying, or silly, or just plain fun to say, Estevez says.—
Wendy Wisner,
Parents,
8 Sep. 2025
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There are no silly games being played.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Losing Fed independence is like giving free rein to emotional, irrational decision making.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Maura’s performance makes Maria Angeles so magnetic and eccentric — earthily practical on some matters, dizzily irrational on others, and sympathetically true to herself on all fronts — that all the film’s other players want for detail and texture by comparison.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Erik Thommy could not get to the rebound in time to take advantage of an empty net, and his shot was blocked by a defender out for a corner kick.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
8 Sep. 2025
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What To Know On the night of August 22, Zarutska boarded a Lynx Blue Line train and sat in an empty two-person seat.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Grace can be a frustrating protagonist, making foolish, self-sabotaging decisions in pursuit of fleeting pleasure and conditional approval from guys who, frankly, aren’t worth her time.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
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Placing stock in anything but winning might be foolish, especially given the nature of how the Steelers quarterback operates.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Meaningless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meaningless. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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